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Madame Fashion, Direct From Pris and the East,
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MADAME FASHION
TO REIGN DURING
'DRESS-UP WEEK'
Government in Bulletin Urges
Return to Normal Condi
. tions in the Matter
sof Dress.
You will be sorry if you haven't
something new to wear this week,
which will be "Dress-up Week," in
Omaha and all over the United
States.
It is a nation-wide movement to
promote the' idea . of returning t
, normal conditions in the matter of
less. A government bulletin reads:
iVis time is cast when it becomes
Y patriotic duty not to spend money
:or clothes. We should get back to
normal."
The big opening of the local ob
servance will take place Monday
night when the curtains of the show
windows will be drawn back at 7:30
o'clock and Omahans will be privil-
eged io behold the prettiest dis
plays ever presented. Dan Des
dunes band will play all evening on
thj downtown streets and a general
gala appearance will be the order of
the occasion.
Plan Special Illuminations.
Store illuminations will be in keep
ing with the event. It will be the
proper caper to walk along the pub
lic thoroughfares on Monday night
tressed in best bib and tucker.
The window displays will be
thanged during the week and they
rill be an education in the art of
seasonable and sensible dresSL -
Robert Manley, Charles Black, Joe
Kelly, Frank Judson,. and a few
other beau brunimels of the village
will be asked to serve tomorrow
night as volunteer traffic cops.
Mayor Smith Issues Proclamation.
Mayor Smith has issued the fol
lowing proclamation:
"The retail merchants, with char
acteristic enterprise, have set the
week commencing Monday as
"Dress-up Week." The Rd Cross is
also appealing for your old clothes
for the benefit of the destitute wo
men and children in Europe. Let us
respond to the appeals of botii and
get out of these old clothes and into
new ones. -
"The war is over.
"Put on a smile and dress up.
"Throw that old hat into the scrap
pile. Discard that old suit and that
old dress and you will feel better.
"Brace up cheer up dress up.
The world is no't going to the
unless you help' send it. A smile and
new clothes will make life worth
living."
Special menus and dansantes will
be staged by leading Omaha hotels
Monday, the opening day of "Dress
up Week." The Fontenelle, Rome,
ffenshaw and others will put on
pecial programs.
Hoosier City Shipping
Entire Factory to Italy
East Chicago, Ind., March 29.
This city is sending an entire fac
tory to Italy. I
A duplicate of the Bates Expen
ded Steel Truss plant will be shipped
to Italy some time this month on
the Italian ship Implatura, which is
being sent to America for the pur
pose. Three hundred and fifty
thousand pounds of specially built
machinery, motors and tools, repre
sents East Chicago's big contribu
tion of brains, money and enterprise
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to tne reconsiruciiun oi .curopc
TtiA marhinerv will make steel
poles for trolley and transmission
...M-i. TVi rmVs will be of ; ex
panded steel and -made and painted
at me rate fit ms& numi. .
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Oh Yes! The Men Are In On This "Gala" Week Too
in More Ways Than Paying the Bills. The Art Work on
This Page Was Made from Pictures of Local Models
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"What's the Time, Central
Can't Tell You; Sorry"
Nashville, Tenn., March 29. Op
erators of the Cumberland Tele
phone company have been instructed
to discontinue giving patrons the
time of day, location of fires or other
information. Officials explain that
this will result in better "regular"
service.
Prefers Theft to Hunger.
Cleveland, O., March 29. Rox
anna E. Kellog would rather steal
than go hungry. She told the police
judge here that "H. C. of L. forced
her" to raise one of her employer's
checks' one dollar. Stenographic
wages, are too paltry, said the pris
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Shabby n esses and Suits of Last Year to Make Room
. , for the Gayest of Spring Styles Shown This Season
Throughout the Countiy.
Spring a ta mode! Gray, sodden
spirits, depart! Make room for the
gayest of spring styles! , ;
' ' When our men and women be
gan donning the uniform there ,
were murmurs Jierc and there
praising the low, comfortable
heels, the square-cut skirts and
coats and tight-fitting caps. Some
predicted a future- of failure for
the modistes and tailors and' that
the ready-to-wear uniform makers
would be. rolling in riches. : Oth
ers ventured to say that' there
would, be no more fancy clothes
that the plain, sensible costumes
would forever reign supreme.
But, alasl What do we find
with the closing of the war?
Women are wildly excited
over new spring toggery. They
have- been window-wishing for
weeks, and the men of course,
the men just go with their wives
and sweethearts, but did you ever
notice how they hesitate, light
cigars and invent all sorts of rea
sons for stopping at the windows"
where men's clothes are dis
played? Clothes Brighten Spirits.
The world has been depressed
in spirit for four years. Last year
it was patriotic to dress shabby,
but this year the fad is quite the re
verse. Pretty new clothes help to
brighten the spirits, and the week
beginning tomorrow has been
designated as the one for human
beings to burst forth in their glad
raiments to match the trees in
their budding green. All nature
begins to dress up this week, and
the world will be happier.
Women will be out with brand
new hats and veils. Their hats
will be horsehair braids with birds
of 'Paradise. There will be hats
close fitting with airplane wings of
ribbon, with bright feathers and
flowers; there will be red straws
built into every conceivable shape;
there will be modish picture hats
for evening wear and huge, flop
ping sailors for street wear. The
newest fashioned poke bonnet will
come in for a share of popularity
along with' the others.
Tunics seem to hold their own
and are seen in some fashion on
more than half the models. Eve
ning dresses have a tendency to be
short and tight-skirted with a long
train hanging from most any place
it happens to be fastened.
Shoes and gloves, perhaps, more
individuality this spring than ever
before, and, despite the high
prices, have a leaning toward the
complete wardrobe and "matched"
costumes.
All Around Cleaning.
In line with the fashionable
styles of women's apparel to be
worn on the occasion of "Dress
Up" week, the men will find plenty
of enjoyment in not only wearing
the latest form-fitting coat with
waist seam effect and peaked
lapels, bu will also perform ap
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propriate duties of doing their
spring cleaning of other things.
Automobiles, homes, exterior and
interior, lawns, back yards, alleys,
stores and even fences will fall
under the head "of a generat clean
up; and the women say the men
will do the work.
"It is a nation-wide affair, and in
this week of reconstruction, the
idea of 'dress up' means also the
polishing of automobiles, paint
ing of houses, seeding of lawns,
and brightening up of homes as
well as wearing the post-war
styles of clothes," said A. L.
Green, fostering the movement of
"Dress Up" week. In , young
men's clothesand every man
wants to appear young, said one
merchant no extreme fashions in,
cuts have been introduced. The
waist-seam effect of' the coats is
the popular rage, while the peaked
lapel, slightly rolled, is general.
Double-breasted styles are in
great demand for the stout man,
while a single-breasted coat will
be worn by the slender chap.
Slash pockets,, cut at angles, are.
as popular as were patch pockets
when they come out several years
ago. However; in the light sum
mer sack coat, patch pockets are
still attractive. Trousers have
undergone no radical changes.
The bell-shaped bottoms, slighHy'
on the order of sailor's trousers,
as introduced in the east and
which met with unpopularity, have
not come io stay, clothiers say.
English Trousers to Remain.
The close-fitting English trous
ers will remain in style. For the
conservative dresser, the elder
business man, the sack coat of
striped material is a new style to
be worn with loose-fitting trous
ers. The colors in demand this
years are plain brown, nreen and
blue. In the line of hats and cap,
this week will find the introduc
tion of soft felt, fedora style, with
narrow ribbon band. Colors, to
match the clqthes will be popular
in hats. Cloth hats of grey mix
tures are almost obsolete, hat
ters say. The cap, golf style, will
be worn by old as well as young.
Cxfords will prevail over the hieh-
ktop shoes this year, shoe dealers
say.
"Private's Prayer" Sent
. ' From Pris to President
Paris (by mail). An American
just back from the army of occupa
tion in Germany, dropped in at the
Knights of Columbus headquarters
here and wrote the following "Pri
vate's Prayer," which he requested
be sent to President Wilson:
"Our father who art in Washing
ton, honored be thy name; give us
this day. our long delayed pay, and
forgive us our A. W. O. L.'s as we
forgive the bugler, the mess ser
geant and all others who wear bars.
"And lead us not into the army of
occupation, but deliver us from fa
tigue, for all these are the M. P.'s,
the field clerks and the Q. M.s'; for
ever and ever. Ah, ouif
Omaha Stores 1
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A Fool Soon Parts
With His Money, But
Kunz Was Not Soft
Chicago, . March 29. Frederick
Kunz was a prosperous Iowan with
a farm near Sioux City. He didn't
have much to do except attend to
the cows and chickens, so he put
his wallet in an inside pocket and
came to Chicago a few days ago to
see the sights.
Farmer Kunz didn't have any hay
seed on him so he registered at
one of the big loop hotels. There
lie met a stranger of magnetic mien.
They talked about the league of na
tions, "The Follies" and a few other
equally interesting things and then
the stranger led Farmer Kunz aside
and start the plot: N
"Want to make $5,000?"
"Well, I wouldn't mind," said
Farmer Kunz.
(Ah! Now comes the secret.)
"Listen," said Mr.. Stranger, "I'm
George Billings, the world's greatest
faro dealer. . I twist the wrist at a
millionaires' club here, but they have
just cheated me out of a $12,000
commission and I want revenge."
Farmer Kunz seemed interested,
so Mr. W. G. F. D. went on:
"111 I want you to do is to buy
$1,000 worth of chips and I'll throw
the game to you."
"I'm on. Where do we go from
here?" asked our Iowa friend.
"Meet us at the Zoo in Lincoln
Park tomorrow. We'll explain the
details.
And so they met-r-Farmer Kunz,
Mr. Billings, the world's greatest
faro dealer, and his friend a Mr.
Everett Moline. The proposition
fagain was put before Farmer Kunz
and he pulled out his wallet and was
just going to pay over the $1,000
when
From behind a tree there suddenly
appeared four detectives, who placed
the world's greatest faro dealer and
his partner under arrest as confi
dence men. 1
No, an Iowa farmer isn't soft
money for the con man.
Farmer Kunz had tipped off the
police.
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'DRESS-UP WEEK'
BOOSTED BY CITY
AND STATE HEADS
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Governor McKelvie Issues
Proclamation Recognizing :
Big Retailers' Event, and
Mayor Endorses It. V:
"Dress-up Week" in Omaha, Mon
day, March 31 to Saturday, April 5,
inclusive, will be one of the bigges
and most novel events ever staged
by the retailers of Omaha.
It is an educational movement oil
the value of being well-dressed.
1 While it is true that "Clothes don't
make , the man, it is just as true
in this age of the world that people
judge a man and his ability and
prosperity largely by the way h
dresses. .
Governor McKelvie has issued a
proclamation, recognizing "Dress
up Week" and promising the move
ment his heartiest co-operation. The!
idea is being carried out all over the;
nation. Mayors and governors have
endorsed it. 1 . ;
All retailers of Omaha will take
part. Windows will be , specially
dressed. There will be displays, of
fashions on living models., . Bands
will play on downtown streets.
Prizes will be awarded for best win
dow displays. . ,. .
Not only will stores dealing lit
men's. Women's, and children's cloth
ing take part in "Dress-up Week,
but drug stores, optical stores, jew
elry stores and even grocery stored
will participate. There is scarcely
retail business which cannot ; con
tribute in some way to "dressing up"
people. The hotels of the city ar
also strongly behind the movement
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"This movement," said E. ti
Reynolds, chairman of the executive
committee of the Associated Retail
ers, "is one of educative, enlighten
ment on correct dress for men, wo:
men and children. The war is ovjff
and it is only right that' we should
dress tip in honor of this1 victory
spring. Social 4ife will become fes
tive once more. The 'beau monde'
will come to the front. Men, as well
as women, will buy the things which,
they have been depriving themsetves
of for patriotic reasons durinar thai
t war f eriod
